How can believers "impress" folks they work with, recreate with, and encounter every day? By cultivating and producing the fruit of the Spirit. Trask and Goodall establish that "how we live and demonstrate our faith" is critical. "People are watching our lives to see if Christ has really made a difference", they write.

The authors give much-needed traction to the sometimes-vague notion of bearing spiritual fruit. The Fruit of the Spirit is divinely activated, it is unselfish love, a joyful perspective in the midst of pain, a deep sense of contentment and peace, and a rare patience. It is demonstrated in acts of kindness, generosity, and the ability to cling to God through thick and thin. It is shown through humility and self-discipline. As readers learn to integrate these fruits, their lives will bear evidence of the life-changing and loving Spirit. And the watching world will notice, and be impressed.